CINAHL subject heading search

CINAHL subject heading search

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  latrobe.edu.au CRICOS Provider 00115M CRICOSProvider 00115M CINAHL: Subject Heading Searching Nursing and Midwifery La Trobe University Library College of Science, Health & Engineering September 2015
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  www.latrobe.edu.au/library Click here toenter Body text  Click here to enter Bullets level 1 — Click here to enter Bullets level 2 o Click here to enter Bullet level 3 Click here to enter Body text La Trobe University 2
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  Select CINAHL fromthe Database listing (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) La Trobe University 3
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  Login with yourusername and password La Trobe University 4
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  Our topic is“Pressure sores among nursing home residents.” Identify which Search Terms to use: La Trobe University 5 Concept 1 Concept 2 Pressure sores Nursing homes
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  To search bySubject Heading: • Enter the term – pressure sores • Select Suggest Subject Terms • Search La Trobe University 6 Select ‘Suggest Subject Terms’
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  • Select "PressureUlcer” • Select “Explode” to include narrower terms. • What is Scope? Always check the “Scope Note” if available to confirm you are using the correct subject term! • Search Database La Trobe University 7 Select the appropriate term then ‘Search”
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  Search results willlist under the search history: • Click on the article title to see the full record and abstract La Trobe University 8 Citation – note journal title: Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development
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  Enter the secondconcept: • Nursing homes, select Suggest Subject Terms and Search La Trobe University 10
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  There are anumber of options that may be suitable: • Select “nursinghomes”, “nursing home patients” or more! • Check the Scope Note if unsure. • Select “Search Database La Trobe University 10 You can search multiple search terms at once.
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  Search results fornursing homes search terms: • Note: all nursing homes terms have been searched using OR • Now: Select both searches and “Search with AND" La Trobe University 11
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  Search results whichinclude both pressure sores (search 1) and nursing homes terms (search 2) La Trobe University 12 Note search results reduced to 557 when included both concepts.
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  • Search 1: Pressureulcer = 9,158 results • Search 2: Nursing home patients OR nursing homes = 20,924 • Search 3: added two searches together = 557 La Trobe University 13
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  Refine the search: ShowMore provides more limiting options: La Trobe University 14
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  Show More limitsthe results: La Trobe University 15
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  Limits are available.In this example, we limited our search to peer reviewed, English language and date, which has decreased results. Save your search history (Create an account) La Trobe University 16
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  Select which articlesare suitable, then find the full text! • Click on the Full Text Finder • If not found, search the journal title from Journals (Library home) and navigate to the article by date, volume, issue … • If still not found, order from Document Delivery (see Quick Links on Library home) La Trobe University 17
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  Keyword Searching La TrobeUniversity 20 • You can search CINAHL with keywords instead of Subject Terms • Subject Terms provide more precision in the search, but sometimes there is no term, so you will need to use keywords or • Recent records in CINAHL may not have had full indexing, so subject heading will not retrieve these • Keyword searching is enhanced by using: • Truncation * use this to extend a word e.g. child* will retrieve children, childless, childhood etc. • Quotes will search for two or more words as a phrase e.g. “acquired brain injury”, “quality of life” or “type 2 diabetes”
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  Create an accountin CINAHL: • Create an account in CINAHL. Select Sign In from the top blue bar • You can save searches • Sort search results and store articles • Export references to EndNote (http://latrobe.libguides.com/endnote) • Set up email alerts to journal publications La Trobe University 19
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  Help! La Trobe University20 • Nursing and Midwifery Guide: http://latrobe.libguides.com/Nursing_Midwifery?hs=a • Health databases guide: http://latrobe.libguides.com/healthdatabases • Academic Writing guide: www.latrobe.libguides.com/academicwriting • Referencing Tool: www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/referencing-tool/ • Assignment Calculator: www.latrobe.edu.au/library/calculator • Help Zone from your campus Library